Brandon Voelker Team #5 Article 1: How to Burst the “Filter Bubble’’ that Protects Us from Opposing Views Date: November 29, 2013 The article on how to burst our ‘’Filter Bubble’’ is actually a very interesting phenomenon due to the fact it is actually full of very good information that is supported with testimonials. In 2011 Eli Pariser found that the way two people googled the same term received different answers was because of what they had beliefs in. Research has showed Pariser that
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Crisis”. White’s claim: States Judeo-Christian traditions and technology are the sole cause for the environmental degradation that our world is currently facing. Moncrief’s claim: states Judeo-Christian traditions and technology are factors in the equation, but are not the only factors. Moncrief believes that democratization and capitalism are far greater pieces to the equation than just religion and technology. Religion and technology have vastly shaped our past and present society, but democratization
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Wajcman argues that the perception of technology as necessarily masculine is D)socially constructecd, and a result of parrent of production and consumption of the technologies 4.The instruduction of four uniform time zones in the united states was a direct result of C)The impact of a fully interated reailroad system 5.One of the chareacteristics wikiart is B) it's collaberative and ever-changing 6.according to Winner, the use of computer technologies to supervise workersis B) A reflection
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Scientific research concerning living organisms is usually beneficial. They are done to cure people from illness and to save people's lives. Especially thanks to this day and age where we have the technology and research to do so, compared to back then. However when science used to alter people or animals then it crosses a line that is considered immoral to all -- for instance altering a rabbit’s genetics so that they can glow in the dark. Changing an organism and making them mutants like that violates
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The difference between a city in the U.S. and a village in a third world country are night and day. Many of the advancements that we carry here in the U.S. lack in third world villages. For example, advancements of technology, luxuries, environment, and even day to day social life. One might be lead to believe that the city life is better than village life. However there are so many advantages and disadvantages in city life and village life. City life is more comfortable and offer more opportunities
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Deification of Technology The term technology may have many different meanings to different persons and it can be used to describe many different things and ideas. We can speak about technology when the very first human beings realised that a regular stone can be used as a tool, that it can be sharpened and shaped, it can be piled up to build walls and houses. Round pieces of wood could be used as wheels and wheels can be used to help move cars etc. What I mean when I use the term technology in this
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striving for alternative clean energy. However, whether technological resolutions can solute the problems radically awaited further discussion. In some degree, technology does indeed make a difference on relieving ecological pressure, but it should not be underestimated that technology carries the potential to threaten environment. Technology advocates assert that exploring alternative energy via
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Philippines’s First Digital Science Library What is STARBOOKS? STARBOOKS or the Science & Technology Academic and Research‐Based Openly‐Operated Kiosks intends to serve as information access portals in key areas in the Philippines. People in the community can have digital access to the scientific information physically available at the Science and Technology Information Institute, the DOST Science and Technology Information Network of the Philippines (ScINET), Philippine eLib project sources, freely‐available
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Phoenix Material Media Convergence Worksheet Write brief 250- to 300-word answers to each of the following: Questions | Answers | What is meant by the term media convergence with regard to technology, and how has it affected everyday life? | The term media convergence with regards to technology is basically all the media used in everyday life. For example, music, internet, television, and the news are considered media convergence. These are some examples of media convergence that just about
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